Notebooks, circa 1896-1897 : vol. III, Middle Kurels, 1896

Related Titles

Contained In: Leonhard Stejneger Papers, 1753, 1867-1943

Series: SIA RU007074

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1896

Notes

This field book contains Stejneger's notes from his research in various locations in the middle Kuril Islands. Pages are numbered 301-356. Stejneger's notes are narrative and describe his observations of the landscape (included is a long description of Raikioke Island) and daily events A list of the number of seals killed and skinned is included. Stejneger also notes seal sightings. In this notebook, he comments about the scarcity of seals compared to the number of seals 12 years before. Between pages 324 and 325 is a bird list.

Subjects

Diary , Field notes , International Fur-Seal Commission , Kuril'skiye Ostrova , Northern fur seal , Raykoke, Ostrov , Russia , Zoologists

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.141616